Definition of Colorado beetle

1. Noun. Black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide.


Definition of Colorado beetle

1. Noun. A beetle, ''Leptinotarsa decemlineata'', formerly ''Doryphora decemlineata'', with black and yellow stripes, that is a serious pest of potatoes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colorado Beetle

Colombianism
Colombians
Colombo
Colonel Blimp
Colonel Blimps
Colonel Sanders
Colophonian
Colophonians
Coloradan
Colorado
Colorado Desert
Colorado Plateau
Colorado River
Colorado River hemp
Colorado Springs
Colorado beetle (current term)
Colorado beetles
Colorado blue spruce
Colorado fir
Colorado four o'clock
Colorado potato beetle
Colorado spruce
Colorado tick fever
Colored People's Time
Coloss.
Colossae
Colosseum
Colossian
Colossians
Colossus of Rhodes

Literary usage of Colorado beetle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"THE Colorado beetle WE have already several times referred to this ... The Colorado beetle belongs to that subdivision of vegetable-feeding species ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"The capacity of the Colorado beetle for reproduction is amazing. ... Specimens of the Colorado beetle have been supplied to these teachers, so that, ..."

3. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1905)
"THE Colorado beetle. Doryphora decemlineata, Say. Early in July a report appeared in the public press stating that living specimens of this beetle had been ..."

4. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"Colorado beetle The Colorado beetle, named after the state of Colorado in the USA, where it was first found, is a beetle that looks like a ..."

5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario, Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871) (1881)
"Mr. Borlase put a question as to the discovery of a Colorado beetle in South ... Mr. Mundella answered, saying the Colorado beetle was in his department (a ..."

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